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The Card Catalog of Potential

Aim: Host four concurrent index card mail art calls until my four drawer library card catalog is full

I will only accept submissions through my P.O. Box, hand delivery, and workshops & events I host:

Card Catalog

â„… Eileen Ramos

PO Box 10022

Edison, NJ 08906

PLANS SIZING & FORMATTING
• For every 30 accepted submissions, I’ll make a printed zine to fundraise for the project. 1. On a 3 x 5 inches (7.62 x 12.7 cm) index card. Or formatted to 3 x 5 inches.
• Sold and traded online and at events, and placed in different locations 2. Must not be bigger than the index card when folded or at its normal size.
• Online version of zine and all submissions available to view for free on my website 3. Go into as much or as little detail as you want
• All participants who provide a mailing address will receive a FREE printed zine where their submission(s) is featured in, if accepted. 4. A combination of visuals, words, and objects is also welcomed as long as they fit the index cards, can be easily mailed, and comfortably stored in a library card drawer.
• Host a NYC area art show featuring card catalog & artwork made from thrifted objects attendees can interact with
• Selected contributors will share their work onstage and expand on their index cards
• A larger piece or performance art for seven minutes at most. But it must stick closely to your original index card submission(s).

All four prompts will be linked at the bottom.

ART & WRITING FOR A SERIES OF WORKS:
• Share images, drawings, comics, collages, etc., so long as it’s not of a graphically sexual or hateful nature. Nudity is fine • You can send multiple index cards, with at most five for each prompt.
• Abstract or symbolic is great. • Only one subject per open call prompt from each submitter.
• Objects are acceptable but they must be strongly affixed to the card. • With an exception for Prompt No. 4 Building Wilcaville where folks can submit up to five subjects across a max of five cards.
• It can be inserted in a small envelope, pouch, pocket, photo corner, etc. that is adhered to the card, and can easily be removed and placed back in. • The top of the first card must have the title of the subject and prompt number.
• A fastener, brad, string, or any attachment firmly secured to the card. • In the upper right corner of every front of the card, number the series in a X of X format (such as 1 of 3, or 2 of 5) in order
• Or a slit in the card to hold the item • You can use the back and front, but only one side is okay.
    

FOR RECOGNITION, CONTACT, OR ANONYMITY:

• On each card, write your name, initials, or pen name in the lower left corner.

• Leave it blank if you’re Anonymous

• You can provide your contact information such as website, Instagram, email address, mailing address, etc. on a separate piece of paper or index card Please provide an email address if I can contact you about performing, the printed zine, and other news.

• I will take this as permission to tag you online and will credit your site & tag your handle when I post your work on Instagram and my website eileenramos.com.

Prompt No. 1: My Favorite Flaw
Prompt No. 2: Write a dedication in a book and present you’d give
Prompt No. 3: Patterns You Admire
Prompt No. 4: Building Wilcaville